In this essay I will try to solve the question should Cromwell be condemned for his action is Drogheda?
<Tab/>It was quite obvious Cromwell did not like the Irish because of the Ulster killings in 1641 he said "you, unprovoked, put the English to the most unheard of and most barbarous massacre (without sex or age) that ever the sun beheld". He believed the Irish should be punished for this. He got his revenge with the Drogheda massacre. Cromwell and his armies nearly killed 3,000 people including not just the soldiers, also many women and children. The rules of war were that the attacking commander had to order the town to surrender. …
